Easter weekend in Firenze (Florence)

I loved this town! Not only are the sights amazing but we gorged ourselves on wild boar salame, roasted rabbit and veal, wine, and over-priced gelato...mmm.


Day and night shot of Palazzo Vecchio w/ a sculpture of Cosimo I in the foreground by Giambologna.

Ponte Vecchio



Museo Nazional del Bargello, which has an amazing collection of Michelangelo's early sculptures and Donatello's famous bronze David which is noted as being the first nude sculpture of the Renaissance.




View of the Duomo, Campanile di Giotto, and Palazzo Vecchio from Giardino di Bardini

Awesome green Mini. Can I have another?


Giardino di Boboli


The Duomo, Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore

Campanile di Giotto



Last Judgment by Vasari on the inside of the dome.


Giambologna's Rape of Sabine Women in the Loggia dei Lanzi, one of my favorite sculptures.


Chiesa di San Miniato al Monte

San Miniato's sacristy dedicated to St. Benedict painted by Spinello Arentino.

Unfinished sculpture by Michelangelo intended for pope Giulio's II tomb in the Galleria dell' Accademia.

We've all seen pictures of Michelangelo's David but in person he is jaw-dropping gorgeous, and huge! The detailing is stunning, you can even see the veins in his neck. The Galleria dell' Accademia does not allow photographs to be taken but I could not resist.


Basilica di Santa Croce, where Galileo and Michelangelo are entombed.

First corridor of the Gallerie degli Uffizi. Botticelli's Birth of Venus, Primavera, and my personal favorite; Fortitude (his earliest documented work) are all here. It also houses Artemisia Gentileschi's beautiful Judith beheading Holofernes. Other of my favorites are Brozino's potraits of Lucrezia Pianciatichi and Elenora di Toledo. Look them up, they are awesome!